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A zero growth economy – how bad would it get?
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A zero growth economy – how bad would it get?

If we assume we can’t enjoy economic growth without consuming more energy, then the only way forward is a zero-growth economy. Phil asks Steve Keen, what that would look like?

There’s a vain hope in investment circles, and amongst politicians, that we can still enjoy economic growth on the road to NetZero. There are those who believe that we can decouple our economic growth from our consumption of fossil fuels. In other words, we can continue to enjoy growth driven capitalism whilst avoiding the impacts of catastrophic climat…

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Building a New Economics
The Debunking Economics Podcast
Economist Steve Keen talks to Phil Dobbie about the failings of the neoclassical economics and how it reflects on society.ems-based alternative to mainstream economics